i really am out of options been out of work for a year anything i should specially watch for when i get there?
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Discussion in 'PAM' started by TwistedHellbilly, Sep 8, 2012.
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I had a friend go to USA Truck and did very well, until he flipped his truck on a back road by running off the road with the right steer tire just a bit, next thing he knew his truck was rolling.
Me personally... I had a close call that woke my butt up instantly... Going through Huston on I10 wb to I35 S for Laredo. It had been raining all night, I started out that morning at 4 am central time in Baytown, did my pretrip and off I went towards Huston. I think it was right before the I45 exits from I10, it gets a bit snakey and slightly hilly. The sun was just coming up, pavement soaking wet, just a few cars around me but not immediately around me. I can't remember if the speed limit is 55 or 60 through there, but I was doing about 47 mph... Next thing I knew was my truck wheels lost traction and I was fish tailing. Just in a split second, there I was out of control, the fish tailing progressed wider and wider, I of course instinctively started getting on the brakes... This was WRONG and I thought to myself... "Get off the ****ing brakes you idiot and get on the clutch brake" and within 200 feet or so, all wheels regained traction. I was highly lucky in that situation, been through there plenty of times, but for some reason, that morning, the slightly curvy wet hill was about to be the last one I ever took. My friend who lives in Houston said they just resurfaced that section not long ago. Well, whatever the cause, I am thankful I knew what to do in that situation, even though C1 is nothing but a cdlmill.
Learn all you can, from any sources you have, this line of work is not just being a steering wheel holder.
As for the company itself, biggest problems I've had was going through 6 driving managers in 6-7 months, a truck that was ready to fall apart... And the TRR group. Just did the best I could with what I was given and it all worked out in the end. Just don't loose your temper out there... That's a recipe for disaster.
Goodluck on your trucking career if that's what you have decided to do. Be safe out there!airforcetoo Thanks this. -
I was in the same boat...no kids, single, etc. With minimal bills, this is the perfect time for you to start. I would stay out for two to three months at a time and since they never had to worry about getting me home I always got decent miles. Granted, I left Pam almost two years ago,but you should be able to clear 400 weekly. Get your year in, and get out.airforcetoo Thanks this. -
PAM is horrendous. There are some very cool people who work for the company, but they aren't in dispatch and they sure aren't in payroll judging from the paychecks I received while with them. Stay away... FAR away!!! They've got a revolving door of drivers for a reason, mainly that BS 17.5 cents per mile they want to pay you starting out, with teaming MANDATORY. I couldn't quit fast enough.
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I will be a Blue Knight, thank you very much. One more year! (and a half lol)
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Then your well on your way to that gold KW.
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Blue Knight? Lone Star? Why am I the last to know about these things!?! I guess I need to leave the PAM forums more often :S
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